How to disable Tamper Protection when Sophos Anti-Virus is managed from a Sophos UTM

This article explains how to disable tamper protection for endpoints managed from a Sophos UTM so local configuration changes can be made, or the software can be successfully uninstalled.

Note: For instructions on disabling Tamper Protection on endpoints managed from Enterprise Console see the Help guide for your console version.

Known to apply to the following Sophos product(s) and version(s)

Sophos UTM

Disable Tamper Protection locally for one endpoint computer

Retrieve the default tamper protection password from your UTM

Note: If you have previously changed the default password you can skip the steps below if you know the password. If you have forgotten the password steps 1 to 3 below will guide you to the section to reset it.